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"Why have we built warships to bring home peace?"
"Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray, or whatever is was commanders did in wartime. She resented his competence at something so tragic and senseless. She wished he, or somebody, would throw down his sword and say, 'Enough! This is a silly way to decide who's in charge!' And it seemed to her, as the beds in the healing room filled and emptied and filled, that these battles didn't leave much to be in charge of. The kingdom was already broken, and this war was tearing the broken pieces smaller."
"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."
"We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away."
"We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals."
"At time of peace, we should love one another.At war, we should set our minds as the hunters."
"Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy."
Explore more quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
"An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army."
"My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us."
"I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want."
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."
"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
"If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you."
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